SotA inspired fan fantasy music - unofficial contest

Wow really nice job capturing the mood of the game Scott ! You should make these longer pieces ! I would love to play these during my Pathfinder games for mood music...

 

Is this contest still on ?

Thanks,

Alon

 

Darkblade (the mod running this) has said that the official deadline for submissions is December 1st.

 

I had a dream SotA supported Roland Sound Canvas and General Midi and it sounded sweet.

I would love to see music compiled using midi. My Roland MT-32 still sounds fantastic.

 

This is my dream.

 

I'd quit.

For what it's worth, all my music I'm working on for SotA is midi based (as is most of the posts here), just in samplers.

 

just a quick reminder that the Deadline is approaching. Get the finishing touches in on those final musical compositions!

 

Anyone like the sound of this lute? https://soundcloud.com/omethebard/x-marks-the-spot-todays-lute

 

Tbch, I don't much like that lute sound. It sounds too electronic to me (ofc Ome can make it sound good anyway ).

 

I like it, it reminds me a little of an old harpsichord, I quite like those. Can we have harpsichords in SotA?

Harpsichord:

 

I would love to see a harpsichord in SotA, but they already went with the piano, and I doubt they'll give us another keyboard instrument to play with (at least in Ep. 1).

Btw, excellent choice of music to highlight the glory of the harpsichord. Scarlatti is the OG.

 

Awesome piece Ome. I was going to offer some constructive feedback on how you could develop your material more, but as I kept listening, you did everything I was going to suggest

 

scarlatti ftw. i was thinking his work would transfer well to 8-bit game boy performance..

 

Well done Ome. The guitar is perfect now. If I had your music tech skills, I'd never hire a performer again.

 

I uploaded another rough track. There is no hook, it needs someone to write one *hint* *hint*.

https://soundcloud.com/achmeblueprints/marine-sketch

edit: man, sound cloud is really trashing the sonics of the audio these days..

 

Hey Mike, just so you know, the link isn't working.

 

Todays rendition
-Did mod wheel articulation to all strings
-Changed most strings to L.A. scoring strings
-Added 1st chair violin and 1st and 2nd chair viola
-Did tons of eq, volume and tweaking
-did some panning on strings
-Turned down alot of boomy stuff so it might have lost some umph but should sound better on smaller speakers.
In the end I was able to raise volume on mix 5db or so without any clipping

I think I'm gonna settle on this version unless anyone suggests the contrary.
Gonna start workin on other songs now

Thanks to everyone for all the feedback, mixing tips and support.
We weaved this together

https://www.dropbox.com/s/im2dxcy9z1gh431/GlimmerOfLightProper248.mp3

 

Hi everyone,

Here's my entry to the competition, hope you like it!

1. Dancing with the fae - context: King's banquet
https://soundcloud.com/sirwombat/dancing-with-the-fae

2. Samu's old guitar piece - context: Forest adventuring theme
https://soundcloud.com/sirwombat/samus-old-guitar-piece

3. Ambient Tokyo - context: Underworld adventuring theme
https://soundcloud.com/sirwombat/ambient-tokyo

4. Forest of the elves - context: Magical forest adventuring theme
https://soundcloud.com/sirwombat/forest-of-the-elves

5. Large Industrial flowers - context: Arriving at the gates of a futuristic enemy
https://soundcloud.com/sirwombat/large-industrial-flowers

 

Wombat, I'm really enjoying perusing the forums while your SoundCloud runs.

"Dancing with the Fae" is excellent - as game music I'd love to hear a longer version that had some downtempo portions. Err, what I mean is I really like the instrument and style of this song for adventuring, but it's a little frenetic as background music. That's not a negative criticism, it really does have a madcap and whimsical feel, creates tension (love the little bits of dissonance among those trills), and is actually a little scary, without being too .. carnival-esque. So it would be cool to hear the themes of this song through different movements.

"Storyline" was a neat find too, I just love those ultra-deep booming thrumming drumming bass noises. The deep drums in "Forest of the Elves" are a perfect atmospheric balance to the tinkly melody.

This stuff is really listenable and emotive. Keep up the good work!

 

So today marks an uneventful end to the contest. I was hoping to see more last minute pieces! Anyway, I've got the sheet music to one more piece that I'd like to dump, but I won't post it because nobody will probably read it anyway. Instead, I'll just post the recording once I figure out how to use soundcloud.